Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless stated otherwise.
Saint Mennas.
Martyr.
Feast Day 11 November.
Simple.
Red Vestments.
Saint Mennas and Jesus.
6th-Century A.D. icon from Bawit in The Middle Egypt.
Currently at The Louvre, Paris. One of the oldest-known icons in existence.
Source/Photographer: Clio20
Author: Unknown.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Saint Mennas, an Egyptian Soldier in The Roman Army, suffered a glorious Martyrdom at Cotyea, in Phrygia, under the Emperor Diocletian in 295 A.D.
Mass: Lætábitur.
Collects: From The Mass: In Virtúte.
unless stated otherwise.
Saint Mennas (also Mina, Minas, Menas, Meena; Coptic: Ⲁⲃⲃⲁ Ⲙⲏⲛⲁ; 285 A.D. – circa 309 A.D.), a Martyr and Wonder-Worker, is one of the most well-known Coptic Saints in The East and The West, due to the many Miracles that are attributed to his Intercession and Prayers.
Saint Mennas was a Coptic Soldier in The Roman Army, Martyred because he refused to recant his Christian Faith. The common date of his Commemoration is 11 November, which occurs thirteen days later (24 November) on The Julian Calendar.
His Feast Day is Celebrated every year on 15 Hathor in The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, which corresponds to November 24 on The Gregorian Calendar. In Eastern Orthodox Churches that follow the old style or Julian calendar, it is likewise celebrated on 24 November. In The Eastern Orthodox Churches that follow the new style or Revised Julian calendar, as well as in The Catholic Church, it is Celebrated on 11 November.
Although Saint Mennas is recognised as a Minor Saint in Western Churches, it is considered likely by many historians that he is Celebrated in these Churches under the name of Saint Christopher (i.e. the "Christ-Bearer"), as one of the legends associated with Saint Mennas has him, like Christopher, carrying The Christ Child.
His Feast Day is Celebrated every year on 15 Hathor in The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, which corresponds to November 24 on The Gregorian Calendar. In Eastern Orthodox Churches that follow the old style or Julian calendar, it is likewise celebrated on 24 November. In The Eastern Orthodox Churches that follow the new style or Revised Julian calendar, as well as in The Catholic Church, it is Celebrated on 11 November.
Although Saint Mennas is recognised as a Minor Saint in Western Churches, it is considered likely by many historians that he is Celebrated in these Churches under the name of Saint Christopher (i.e. the "Christ-Bearer"), as one of the legends associated with Saint Mennas has him, like Christopher, carrying The Christ Child.
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